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because they didn't want al qaeda to know that we knew what we knew. this is classic investigative philosophy. don't let the suspects know you suspect them. it's clear to me there was no mendacity by susan rice, no incompetence, there was no cover-up by the white house. to continue to argue there was any of that is now tin foil hat stuff. there is also now no will to filibuster to block rice. this is perhaps why john mccain has softened his tone. >> but you're saying that she could conceivably get your vote for secretary of state? >> i think she deserves the ability and the opportunity to explain herself and her position just as she said, but she's not the problem. the problem is the president of the united states. >> that's an end, i hope, to the vicious and baseless character attack that has made rice the center of a witch hunt by the right even though she has done nothing to disqualify herself. mccain tried to make her unnominatable but made it so obama will look weak if he doesn't nominate her. he asserted an inappropriate political cover-up. he al
because they didn't want al qaeda to know that we knew what we knew. this is classic investigative philosophy. don't let the suspects know you suspect them. it's clear to me there was no mendacity by susan rice, no incompetence, there was no cover-up by the white house. to continue to argue there was any of that is now tin foil hat stuff. there is also now no will to filibuster to block rice. this is perhaps why john mccain has softened his tone. >> but you're saying that she could...
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qaeda storm in the making. i'm very disappointed in our intelligence community, i think they failed in many ways, but with a little bit of inquiry and curiosity, i think it would be pretty clear that to explain this episode as related that created a mob that turned into a riot was far filled. and at the end of the day, we're going to get to the bottom of this. we have to have a system that we can trust. and if you don't know what happened, just say you don't know what happened. people can push you to give explanations and you can say i don't want to give bad information. here's what i can tell you -- the american people got bad information on 16 september, they got bad information from president obama days after, and the question is, should they have been giving the information at all? if you can do nothing but give bad information, isn't it better to give no information at all? so my belief is, not only is the information bad and i'm more convinced than ever that it was bad, it was unjustified to give the scen
qaeda storm in the making. i'm very disappointed in our intelligence community, i think they failed in many ways, but with a little bit of inquiry and curiosity, i think it would be pretty clear that to explain this episode as related that created a mob that turned into a riot was far filled. and at the end of the day, we're going to get to the bottom of this. we have to have a system that we can trust. and if you don't know what happened, just say you don't know what happened. people can push...
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qaeda, he moved up in al qaeda. and he became al qaeda's new leader. so when the head guy was killed, the deputy moved up to be the new head guy. and when the deputy, al zawahiri became the new head guy, who became the new deputy? that was this guy, al libby. after al zawahiri moved up to replace bin laden. but in june of this year, al libby got dead too. he was killed in june. and it turns out that that might be important to understanding what just happened in libya and why america just had an ambassador murdered in the line of duty for the first time in 33 years. >> overseas tonight, the u.s. has confirmed the killing with by cia drone strike of another very senior al qaeda leader, and the man killed, abu aya al libby is believed to rank second in the organization and was involved in numerous terrorist plots against western targets over the years. >> u.s. officials are calling the death of al qaeda's top strategist one of the biggest blows to the terror network since the death of osama bin laden. >> it's certainly
qaeda, he moved up in al qaeda. and he became al qaeda's new leader. so when the head guy was killed, the deputy moved up to be the new head guy. and when the deputy, al zawahiri became the new head guy, who became the new deputy? that was this guy, al libby. after al zawahiri moved up to replace bin laden. but in june of this year, al libby got dead too. he was killed in june. and it turns out that that might be important to understanding what just happened in libya and why america just had an...
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al qaeda, it's called al qaeda in iraq. >> i have some news for john mccain. and that is that there was no such thing as al qaeda in iraq until george bush and john mccain decided to invade iraq. >> and when senator obama became president obama, the partisan rhetoric didn't stop there. mccain abandoned the idea of becoming an elder statesmen, a key republican ally, who could help broker deals and move the country forward. instead, he has constantly undermined the president and his policies. back in 2010, mccain had a list of complaints over health care reform. one of his issues, the negotiations were not being broadcast on c-span. here's the president responding. >> let me just a make this point, john. because we're not campaigning anymore. the election's over. >> i'm reminded of that every day. >> well, yeah. >> let's bring in jonathan alter, msnbc political analyst and columnist for bloomberg view. jonathan, i don't think the two like each other. good to have you with us tonight. but it just seems that john mccain is looking for any opening he possibly can t
al qaeda, it's called al qaeda in iraq. >> i have some news for john mccain. and that is that there was no such thing as al qaeda in iraq until george bush and john mccain decided to invade iraq. >> and when senator obama became president obama, the partisan rhetoric didn't stop there. mccain abandoned the idea of becoming an elder statesmen, a key republican ally, who could help broker deals and move the country forward. instead, he has constantly undermined the president and his...
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al qaeda, it's called al qaeda in iraq. >> i have some news for john mccain. and that is that there was no such thing as al qaeda in iraq until george bush and john mccain deto invade iraq. >> and when senator obama became president obama, the partisan rhetoric didn't stop there. instead he has constantly undermined the president and his policies. back in 2010, mccain had a list of complaints over health care reform. one of his issues, the negotiations were not being broadcast on c-span. heres at president responding. >> let me just make this point, john, pause we're not campaigning anymore. the election's over. >> i'm reminded of that every day. >> let's bring in jonathan alter. jonathan, i don't think the two like each other. it just seems john mccain is looking for any opening he possibly can to make problems for the president and the country. your take on it. >> well, the reason was president was so ticked in the press conference today is he learned just before the press conference that john mccain and lindsey graham were intending to fill busser should sh
al qaeda, it's called al qaeda in iraq. >> i have some news for john mccain. and that is that there was no such thing as al qaeda in iraq until george bush and john mccain deto invade iraq. >> and when senator obama became president obama, the partisan rhetoric didn't stop there. instead he has constantly undermined the president and his policies. back in 2010, mccain had a list of complaints over health care reform. one of his issues, the negotiations were not being broadcast on...
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qaeda was on the run. >> why would you choose someone who had nothing to do with benghazi to tell us about benghazi? that's kind of odd. the president said, why pick on her, she didn't know anything about benghazi. she was the most politically compliant person they could find. i don't know what she knew, but i know the story she told was misleading. i don't know why it was misleading, but let me put this in context. would this white house mislead the american people about national security events? i think they might simply because when the bin laden raid occurred they leaked every detail about the raid. we heard a lot of details about classified information to make this president look good, so if they would leak classified information to make him look good, would they withhold information to prevent him from looking bad? >> lindsey graham and john mccain are now proposing a special investigative committee to investigate the benghazi attack. other members say the senate can handle the job. >> budget negotiations are on hold this week as they head home for the thanksgiving holiday. the
qaeda was on the run. >> why would you choose someone who had nothing to do with benghazi to tell us about benghazi? that's kind of odd. the president said, why pick on her, she didn't know anything about benghazi. she was the most politically compliant person they could find. i don't know what she knew, but i know the story she told was misleading. i don't know why it was misleading, but let me put this in context. would this white house mislead the american people about national...
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qaeda, nothing about that al qaeda was involved. to me, the question right now is who changed those talking points and why? >> that is the big question at this hour. who changed the talking points and why? >> republicans are doing whatever it takes to fake a scandal in the obama administration. paul waldman calls it scandal envy. nixon had watergate, clinton had lewinsky, barack obama, well, he's gotten off scot-free, and this is making the republicans absolutely livid, he writes. republicans are not going to get the watergate this time around. senator harry reid wrote a letter to john mccain and lindsey graham saying a select committee for investigation will not happen. the time for phoney outrage is over. republicans need to get back to the real problems facing americans. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question, will the gop stop their witch hunt on benghazi? text a for yes, b for no to 622639. you can go to our blog and leave a comment. and we'll bring you results later on in the show. joining
qaeda, nothing about that al qaeda was involved. to me, the question right now is who changed those talking points and why? >> that is the big question at this hour. who changed the talking points and why? >> republicans are doing whatever it takes to fake a scandal in the obama administration. paul waldman calls it scandal envy. nixon had watergate, clinton had lewinsky, barack obama, well, he's gotten off scot-free, and this is making the republicans absolutely livid, he writes....
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qaeda, nothing about that al qaeda was involved. to me, the question right now is who changed those talking points and why? >> that is the big question at this hour. who changed the talking points and why? >> republicans are doing whatever it takes to fake a scandal in the obama administration. paul waldman calls it scandal envy. nixon had watergate, clinton had lewinsky, barack obama, well, he's gotten off scot-free, and this is making the republicans absolutely livid, he writes. republicans are not going to get the watergate this time around. senator harry reid wrote a letter to john mccain and lindsey graham saying a select committee for investigation will not happen. the time for phoney outrage is over. republicans need to get back to the real problems facing americans. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question, will the gop stop their witch hunt on benghazi? text a for yes, b for no to 622639. you can go to our blog and leave a comment. and we'll bring you results later on in the show. joining
qaeda, nothing about that al qaeda was involved. to me, the question right now is who changed those talking points and why? >> that is the big question at this hour. who changed the talking points and why? >> republicans are doing whatever it takes to fake a scandal in the obama administration. paul waldman calls it scandal envy. nixon had watergate, clinton had lewinsky, barack obama, well, he's gotten off scot-free, and this is making the republicans absolutely livid, he writes....
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one, the spontaneous protests could have been occurring while an al qaeda-like organization was also planning an attack and trying to take advantage of the unrest that occurred as a result of the video. so, both things could have -- both things are likely to have been accurate. but the fact of the matter is that susan rice's comments were entirely consistent with the intelligence that she was getting from the cia at the time. and republicans tried to scandalize her on fast and furious. it turns out they were wrong on the facts. they've gone away from that. they tried to attack the president on solyndra. you don't hear anything else about that. they were wrong on the facts. and i bet you a dollar to a doughnut here, as soon as the republicans are forced to actually back up their rhetoric in a committee hearing, they will see they have absolutely no substance backing them up and that susan rice, who's been a superb ambassador, was doing exactly what they should have been doing, reporting to the american people what the best intelligence was telling us at the time. >> professor dyson, t
one, the spontaneous protests could have been occurring while an al qaeda-like organization was also planning an attack and trying to take advantage of the unrest that occurred as a result of the video. so, both things could have -- both things are likely to have been accurate. but the fact of the matter is that susan rice's comments were entirely consistent with the intelligence that she was getting from the cia at the time. and republicans tried to scandalize her on fast and furious. it turns...
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qaeda, nothing about that al qaeda was involved. to me, who changed the talking points and why? >> that is the big question at this hour. who changed the talking points and why? >> republicans are doing whatever it takes to fake a scandal in the obama administration. paul waldman calls it scandal envy. nixon had watergate, clinton had le win ski and obama has gotten off scot-free and it's making the republicans livid. republicans are not going to get the watergate this time around. senator harry reid wrote a letter to john mccain and lindsey graham saying a collect committee for investigation will not happen. the time for phoney outrage is over. republicans need to get back to the real problems facing americans. get your cell phones out. tonight's question, will the gop stop their witch hunt on benghazi? text a for yes, b for no to 622639. or you can leave a comment on our blog. and we'll bring you results later on in the show. joining me now is retired colonel lawrence wilkerson, former chief of staff number colin powell's term. co
qaeda, nothing about that al qaeda was involved. to me, who changed the talking points and why? >> that is the big question at this hour. who changed the talking points and why? >> republicans are doing whatever it takes to fake a scandal in the obama administration. paul waldman calls it scandal envy. nixon had watergate, clinton had le win ski and obama has gotten off scot-free and it's making the republicans livid. republicans are not going to get the watergate this time around....
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they claim links to al qaeda were left out for political purposes. but on tuesday, their conspiracy theory was blown out of the water. the spokeswoman for the director of national intelligence told cnn the white house wasn't involved in removing the information on al qaeda. he said the intelligence community made the changes. in responding to this report, mccain admitted that he was wrong, but still took a shot at the white house. he said intelligence officials, quote, told us they did not know who made the changes. now we have to read the answers to our questions in the media. this latest episode is another reason why many of us are so suspicious of actions of this administration when it comes to the benghazi attack. meanwhile, his sidekick, lindsey graham, is going into full attack mode. senator graham wrote a letter to president obama on tuesday, saying that he's concerned. many questions remain unanswered on the benghazi attacks. he says the president has a duty to the american people to answer the basic questions surrounding the benghazi attack.
they claim links to al qaeda were left out for political purposes. but on tuesday, their conspiracy theory was blown out of the water. the spokeswoman for the director of national intelligence told cnn the white house wasn't involved in removing the information on al qaeda. he said the intelligence community made the changes. in responding to this report, mccain admitted that he was wrong, but still took a shot at the white house. he said intelligence officials, quote, told us they did not know...
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al qaeda has been dismantled. and the truth of the matter nothing could have been further from the truth, and the story she told reinforced a political narrative helpful to the president. but disconnected from reality. >> let's be clear about what you're saying. you also heard senator feinstien say unequivocally that the notion that there was a cover-up or an attempt to mislead for political reasons is absolutely wrong. she says it's character assassination, the way you're criticizing her. you believe the president of the united states sent his ambassador to the u.n. out to mislead the american people so he could get some sort of political gain before the election? that's the cover-up you're c accusing them of? >> i'm saying that the ambassador that had nothing to do with benghazi -- why would you choose someone who had nothing to do with benghazi to tell us about benghazi? that's kind of odd. the president said, why pick on her? she didn't know anything about benghazi. she was the most politically compliant perso
al qaeda has been dismantled. and the truth of the matter nothing could have been further from the truth, and the story she told reinforced a political narrative helpful to the president. but disconnected from reality. >> let's be clear about what you're saying. you also heard senator feinstien say unequivocally that the notion that there was a cover-up or an attempt to mislead for political reasons is absolutely wrong. she says it's character assassination, the way you're criticizing...
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we knew it was an attack, and we told her not to say because we didn't want al qaeda to know we knew it at that point. the real question is why is mccain making this attack and wasting whatever political capital and reputation he has left? >> reporter: well, some people are wondering does mccain want to simply stay in the spotlight? mccain is known for foreign policy. he's known for going on sunday shows. the benghazi issue gets him back in the spotlight. everyone is talking about john mccain again. so some people wonder if there's a little bit of political opportunism there. >> i want to go back to something krystal said a minute ago. closing ranks behind susan rice because much political battle lines in this. you made the point earlier if you just looked at this without regard to benghazi and said john mccain realistically speaking, who potentially could appoint secretary of state that would agree ideological with you. realistically susan rice is as good as he can do. the consensus in the democratic party is probably to the right of it. i wonder is there any push-back from the left
we knew it was an attack, and we told her not to say because we didn't want al qaeda to know we knew it at that point. the real question is why is mccain making this attack and wasting whatever political capital and reputation he has left? >> reporter: well, some people are wondering does mccain want to simply stay in the spotlight? mccain is known for foreign policy. he's known for going on sunday shows. the benghazi issue gets him back in the spotlight. everyone is talking about john...
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our goal is to destroy al qaeda and we are on a path to do exactly that. afghans want to assert their sovereignty and build peace. others ask, why don't we leave immediately? that answer is also clear. we must give afghanistan the opportunity to stabilize. otherwise our gains could be lost and al qaeda could establish itself once more. and as commander-in-chief, i refuse to let that happen. i recognize that many americans are tired of war. as president, nothing is more wrenching to signing a letter to the family of a fallen or lou looking into the eyes of a child who will grow up without a mother or father. i will not keep americans in harm's way a single day longer than is absolutely required for our national security. but we must finish the job we started in afghanistan and end this war responsibly. my fellow americans, we have traveled through more than a decade under the dark cloud of war. yet here in the predawn darkness of afghanistan we can see a light on the new day of the horizon. the iraq war is over. the number of troops in harm's way has been c
our goal is to destroy al qaeda and we are on a path to do exactly that. afghans want to assert their sovereignty and build peace. others ask, why don't we leave immediately? that answer is also clear. we must give afghanistan the opportunity to stabilize. otherwise our gains could be lost and al qaeda could establish itself once more. and as commander-in-chief, i refuse to let that happen. i recognize that many americans are tired of war. as president, nothing is more wrenching to signing a...
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qaeda on the run. >> al qaeda's core has been degraded, leaving al qaeda more decentralized. and most terroristic activity now conducted by local franchises. >> joining me now chris anders from the american civil liberties union. chris, good afternoon to you. first of all, let me get your response to that new study commissioned by california senator dianne feinstein. >> well, it confirms what we have known for a long time, which is that there is enough space, there is enough facilities in the united states to bring people from guantanamo here to be tried before regular federal criminal courts, courts that have had over 400 convictions of people tried and convicted for terrorism-related offenses. big-time -- big-time terrorism defendants who are convicted and are serving serious times. those people can be held securely here after trial, if they're convicted. and there is plenty of room for them in the federal criminal system. and that gao study confirmed that. >> is the opposition to this point, is the opposition primarily because such a move would be unprecedented? >> well, i
qaeda on the run. >> al qaeda's core has been degraded, leaving al qaeda more decentralized. and most terroristic activity now conducted by local franchises. >> joining me now chris anders from the american civil liberties union. chris, good afternoon to you. first of all, let me get your response to that new study commissioned by california senator dianne feinstein. >> well, it confirms what we have known for a long time, which is that there is enough space, there is enough...
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he says rice denied al qaeda's lead role in the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi that cost the lives of ambassador chris stevens and three others and she did so knowing it was true. well, the man who defeated mccain in the 2008 presidential campaign takes this as a personal shot at him. how will he respond? will he name ambassador rice his new secretary of state to replace hillary clinton? will he meet mccain's challenge head on and send rice up to the capitol to go face-to-face with the enemy? tonight we study the battlefield and the firepower of the two sides in this year-ending fire fight. mccain sure wants this fight, but do his fellow republicans? do they want an older white guy taking on the competence of a young woman of color, a rhodes scholar of solid reputation? most important, what end does the president want for this match of fact and wits? i'm joined by michael o'hanlon of the brookings institution and jonathan landay. the intelligence reporter for mcclatchy newspapers. michael, thank you for this. i want to get to the facts. am
he says rice denied al qaeda's lead role in the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi that cost the lives of ambassador chris stevens and three others and she did so knowing it was true. well, the man who defeated mccain in the 2008 presidential campaign takes this as a personal shot at him. how will he respond? will he name ambassador rice his new secretary of state to replace hillary clinton? will he meet mccain's challenge head on and send rice up to the capitol to go face-to-face with...
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al qaeda's extremist allies within the taliban waged a brutal insurgency. but over the last three years the tide has turned. we broke the taliban's momentum. we have built strong afghan security forces. we devastated alkied yeah leadership taking out over 20 of their top 30 leaders. one year ago from a base here in afghanistan our troops launched the operation that killed osama bin laden. the goal that i set to defeat al qaeda and denied a chance to rebuild is now within our reach. still, there will be difficult days ahead. enormous sacrifices of our men and women are not over. but tonight, i would like to tell you how we will complete our mission and end the war in afghanistan. first, we have begun a transition to afghan responsibility for security. already nearly half of the afghan people live in places where afghan security forces are moving in to the lead. this month, that nato summit in chicago, our coalition will set a goal or afghan forces to be in the lead for combat operations across the country next year. international troops will continue to trai
al qaeda's extremist allies within the taliban waged a brutal insurgency. but over the last three years the tide has turned. we broke the taliban's momentum. we have built strong afghan security forces. we devastated alkied yeah leadership taking out over 20 of their top 30 leaders. one year ago from a base here in afghanistan our troops launched the operation that killed osama bin laden. the goal that i set to defeat al qaeda and denied a chance to rebuild is now within our reach. still, there...
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if it's not an al qaeda attack, it's an al qaeda-style attack. the threat we used to think to as al qaeda has turned into. boca haram in nigeria. al shabaab in syria, cutting off people's hands, cutting off people's hands and stoning people to death. it's an sardin in mali. it's it's al qaeda in mali and nigeria. they have essentially taken control of northern mali right now. some of these groups have al qaeda in their name. some of them do not. but what matters to the united states right now is not just names. what matters to the united states right now not just in terms of our interest in how things broadly go in other parts of the world but in terms of our own national security as americans is how much these groups and others like this are interested in and moving toward international terrorism. how much they are interested not just in the local concerns that make them a plague to their host governments, and the civilians who are in their way, but how much their ideology turns their interest and their targeting toward us. toward western target
if it's not an al qaeda attack, it's an al qaeda-style attack. the threat we used to think to as al qaeda has turned into. boca haram in nigeria. al shabaab in syria, cutting off people's hands, cutting off people's hands and stoning people to death. it's an sardin in mali. it's it's al qaeda in mali and nigeria. they have essentially taken control of northern mali right now. some of these groups have al qaeda in their name. some of them do not. but what matters to the united states right now...
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considering the rise of al qaeda and libya, the rise of al qaeda in other places. how do you respond to that? >> the fact is, thanks to barack obama's commitment to re-establishing our focus on decimating the ranks of al qaeda, thanks to his successful bringing of osama bin laden to justice, al qaeda is not able to stage massive attacks in multiple places. they are in very, very limited ways able to stage attacks. >> but they're certainly creating new instability in the middle east. they seem new outposts of al qaeda. >> the bottom line, they are dramatically, dramatically reduced in terms of their ability to make significant damage. and that was the importance of shifting -- bringing our troops home from iraq, shifting our focus to decimating al qaeda, reducing their ability to really have widespread impact and shrinking their ability to commit significant acts of terror. that's why we have to keep our eye on the prize, we have to keep focusing on making sure we can protect america from those who would do us harm. not the backwards cowboy justice that mitt romney
considering the rise of al qaeda and libya, the rise of al qaeda in other places. how do you respond to that? >> the fact is, thanks to barack obama's commitment to re-establishing our focus on decimating the ranks of al qaeda, thanks to his successful bringing of osama bin laden to justice, al qaeda is not able to stage massive attacks in multiple places. they are in very, very limited ways able to stage attacks. >> but they're certainly creating new instability in the middle east....
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but to suggest the phrasing of the perpetrators as al qaeda or extremist elements amounts to a vast conspiracy is, frankly, ridiculous. just for recollection's sake, let's remember the very real consequences of the bush administration's actions on faulty intelligence regarding iraq and a guy called saddam hussein. >> we were told by no less a person by your own secretary of state that he had an active and ongoing program for acquiring and developing weapons of mass destruction. >> and i fully believe that all of the evidence on that is not yet in. >> yes, apparently ambassador bolton believes in intelligence can be quite fluid in some circumstances, up to four years later. let's get right to our panel now. richard wolffe is vice president and executive editor of msnbc.com and msnbc political analyst karen finney, both are with us here in new york. so, karen, the latest "twilight" movie "breaking down" has just been released. it stars kristin stewart, mitt romney, and members of fox news. just to be clear, the president won re-election because, and tell us which, a goody bag of gifts, altered t
but to suggest the phrasing of the perpetrators as al qaeda or extremist elements amounts to a vast conspiracy is, frankly, ridiculous. just for recollection's sake, let's remember the very real consequences of the bush administration's actions on faulty intelligence regarding iraq and a guy called saddam hussein. >> we were told by no less a person by your own secretary of state that he had an active and ongoing program for acquiring and developing weapons of mass destruction. >>...
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many libyan friends and partners who did not overthrow gadhafi only to see al qaeda affiliated terrorists and militias take over large parts of their country. the american people deserve answers to these and other questions related to the benghazi attack and congress has a unique and constitutional role to play in getting to the truth of this matter as well as compiling the lessons of this tragedy so it's not repeated. ambassador chris stevens was doing everything we want our diplomats doing, he was getting outside the wire to advance america's interests and values in our increasingly dangerous world. while we want to encourage that diplomacy we want our fellow citizens who engage in this important work to know their government has taken every reasonable step to ensure their safety. for the sake of the families of those four brave americans who sacrificed their lives, they be and the american people deserve answers. the only way they'll get those answers in a comprehensive and cohesive and believable fashion is through the establishment of a select committee. >> if we don't appoint a sele
many libyan friends and partners who did not overthrow gadhafi only to see al qaeda affiliated terrorists and militias take over large parts of their country. the american people deserve answers to these and other questions related to the benghazi attack and congress has a unique and constitutional role to play in getting to the truth of this matter as well as compiling the lessons of this tragedy so it's not repeated. ambassador chris stevens was doing everything we want our diplomats doing,...
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that only seems to have raised new questions about why information regarding al qaeda and terrorist attacks did not make it to the final public version of the talking points. what is interesting on nbc news.com we have an article, benghazi hearing turns ugly, republicans accuse democrats of lying. it sounds like boys in a schoolyard having that kind of fight. some of the language is ridiculous, but with regard to what is happening with this. republicans, do you think, steve, that they have lost already on this issue? why is it they keep pushing back on this? >> i'm not sure i agree they have lost on the issue. i'm not sure how much it was litigated in the campaign. as you noted a few minutes ago some of it was dropped after the third debate and wasn't brought up much in the campaign. as the president has said again in his press conference last week, it's still under. there's a lot of questions. i'm not sure it was settled by the election, at all. clearly, the republicans, particularly these 3ub cans, lindsey graham and john mccain are impassioned about this, particularly about the president
that only seems to have raised new questions about why information regarding al qaeda and terrorist attacks did not make it to the final public version of the talking points. what is interesting on nbc news.com we have an article, benghazi hearing turns ugly, republicans accuse democrats of lying. it sounds like boys in a schoolyard having that kind of fight. some of the language is ridiculous, but with regard to what is happening with this. republicans, do you think, steve, that they have lost...
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but i think there were groups like al qaeda-affiliated groups who were going to plan to attack our embassy personnel at some point and were looking for an excuse, and they got it when there was confusion and chaos with a reaction to that provocative film. so there are a lot of conflict involved here. we need to sort through the facts and see where we go from here. >> do you think that governor romney has been too aggressive and paul ryan in his debate with joe biden in accusing the administration of either covering up or bungling this? >> i think we need to wait for the facts. i think it's fair for them to raise the issues, what happened? we need answers. we want answers as quickly as we can. understand that the first reports are usually in error. but there should not be any tremendous delay here. i think it's important the american people find out. whether or not a country -- well, libya, by way of example, can, in fact, provide the protection that's going to be necessary, and if they can't, we have two choices. either to put more force in, which may be objectionable, or to pull our diplo
but i think there were groups like al qaeda-affiliated groups who were going to plan to attack our embassy personnel at some point and were looking for an excuse, and they got it when there was confusion and chaos with a reaction to that provocative film. so there are a lot of conflict involved here. we need to sort through the facts and see where we go from here. >> do you think that governor romney has been too aggressive and paul ryan in his debate with joe biden in accusing the...
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qaeda or al qaeda's affiliates, in particular al qaeda and islamic mugrab. >> this is very, very ply cated and there's going to be a lot of finger pointing. what about security at our embassies? >> well, first of all, i think much of the american public has been acclimated to the notion you have these revolutions, they're usually named after a color and then within a couple of days you have a new government in there and life seems to go on. but in a number of these countries, i think libya in particular is one of them, it's going to take a long time before you put some governmental structures in there, institutions, and frankly security forces that you can rely on. u.s. marines are not the purpose of having u.s. marines at u.s. embassies is not to protect the perimeter. that's the responsibility of the host government. when the host government cannot do it as was in the case of iraq we brought in enormous number of contractors to man that outer perimeter. so i guess the question is, can you operate in a place like benghazi that you really don't have central government control out of
qaeda or al qaeda's affiliates, in particular al qaeda and islamic mugrab. >> this is very, very ply cated and there's going to be a lot of finger pointing. what about security at our embassies? >> well, first of all, i think much of the american public has been acclimated to the notion you have these revolutions, they're usually named after a color and then within a couple of days you have a new government in there and life seems to go on. but in a number of these countries, i...
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, the plot sbe -- integraters of al-qaeda. i think it's a real credit that every morning they have zeroed in on what the intelligence has led them to do, and while the cameras haven't been on it, they really nailed dozens of folks that were involved with attacking not only the united states but its allies in europe and also other places in the mideast. >> let me pick up a quick thread to what steve just said, which is that it has metastasized. and that's the other shoe that could always drop. al-qaeda has been, i think, pretty much decimated. there may be lone actors or they may be able to order something, but they are much less operational, that is indeed true. you do have the threat in yemen, you do have the threat, you have threats to americans, american troops, to contractors to afghans right in afghanistan where we still have so many troops. >> there are many operations, andrea. operations like we saw in 9/11, can they do the big one? >> not against the homeland. i think the homeland is much, much safer, but they certainl
, the plot sbe -- integraters of al-qaeda. i think it's a real credit that every morning they have zeroed in on what the intelligence has led them to do, and while the cameras haven't been on it, they really nailed dozens of folks that were involved with attacking not only the united states but its allies in europe and also other places in the mideast. >> let me pick up a quick thread to what steve just said, which is that it has metastasized. and that's the other shoe that could always...
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that al qaeda is completely vanquished from this earth. president obama has a realistic plan to contain the threat, so what senator graham said there bears no resemblance to what president obama has actually done. again, i'll emphasize that governor romney has no record on any of this, and the few times he's spoken out, it hasn't gone well. he had a knee-jerk partisan political reaction to what was going on in cairo that was completely wrong and inappropriate. he offended so many of our allies during his foreign policy trip it was hard to keep track. again, he's offered no specifics on what he's going to do except to give this strvague notion th we ought to be tougher. tougher how? where does he want to commit military troops to prove that point? that's the same rhetoric from president bush. it's not just wrong but dangerous. >> thank you for joining us. we hope to talk to you tomorrow with the post-debate reaction. joining me now is martin bashir in boca. let's get your reaction to the fact that particularly in libya republicans admit thi
that al qaeda is completely vanquished from this earth. president obama has a realistic plan to contain the threat, so what senator graham said there bears no resemblance to what president obama has actually done. again, i'll emphasize that governor romney has no record on any of this, and the few times he's spoken out, it hasn't gone well. he had a knee-jerk partisan political reaction to what was going on in cairo that was completely wrong and inappropriate. he offended so many of our allies...
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he talked consistently and specifically about al qaeda, al qaeda, al qaeda. not that this is tactic that we used but that the united states reserves specific tactics against al qaeda in a way that represents a real focus. is that different than the bush administration? >> i think what is interesting is the frame you had of president bush is he didn't spend much time speaking about him? his deputy national security advisor, his now security advisor and his adviser, part of that every day meeting is focused on very laser like focus on where are we at in rolling up the al qaeda network? where are we at at the counter terrorism challenges? it's a remarkable focus of the president of the united states on a daily basis that most americans don't know about, hasn't been much written about. it's been part of the real big sea change from the bush administration. one of real problems we've had with al qaeda is it metastasized around the world. more than allowing him to escape, let all the trails go dry. i remember talking to senior cia who often asked me the question do
he talked consistently and specifically about al qaeda, al qaeda, al qaeda. not that this is tactic that we used but that the united states reserves specific tactics against al qaeda in a way that represents a real focus. is that different than the bush administration? >> i think what is interesting is the frame you had of president bush is he didn't spend much time speaking about him? his deputy national security advisor, his now security advisor and his adviser, part of that every day...
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they are trying to say the president did want us to know how bad the threat from al qaeda was. the decision was made to modify those talking points because we didn't want the enemy to know what was going on, not because there was an attempt to mislead the american people. >> there is a report out that ambassador susan rice has a major financial stake in the pipeline. if she is nominated, i would assume this would be a problem in her confirmation hearings. let's say she is secretary of state. wouldn't this be a conflict of interest? >> it could be. that would be a valid question in the course of if she were put forward for nomination. let's take a step back. she has complied with, it is my understanding, all of the rules and regulations to her current position. if she were to be nominated for any additional position, obviously, there again, she would follow all of the rules and regulations, not just with regard to disclosure but dealing with this as a conflict of interest if that's what they thought it was. >> nbc news reporting that chuck hagel is being vetted for a possible po
they are trying to say the president did want us to know how bad the threat from al qaeda was. the decision was made to modify those talking points because we didn't want the enemy to know what was going on, not because there was an attempt to mislead the american people. >> there is a report out that ambassador susan rice has a major financial stake in the pipeline. if she is nominated, i would assume this would be a problem in her confirmation hearings. let's say she is secretary of...
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the fbi has arrested four california men who allegedly planned to join al qaeda and the taliban. the men are charged with plotting violent jihad against americans overseas. a house explosion that damaged 8 homes is now a homicide investigation. police have yet to name a suspect. >>> no more nudity in san francisco. city officials will vote later today on an ordinance that could permanently ban public nudity but there would be certain exemptions. apparently chimps and orangutans can experience midlife crisis like humans. the suggestions or the root cause of mid-life crisis could be biological. >>> and the 2012 treetoper for the rockefeller center christmas tree was unveiled this hour. it includes 25,000 crystals and weighs a whopping 550 pounds. quite a mega star. another business win. i'll set up the video conference to iron out the details. this cdw cloud collaboration powered by cisco is pretty amazing. we interact with our offices, anywhere, anytime. charles, you're one of the greatest losers of all time. thank you. throughout our lives. one a day women's 50+ is a complete mul
the fbi has arrested four california men who allegedly planned to join al qaeda and the taliban. the men are charged with plotting violent jihad against americans overseas. a house explosion that damaged 8 homes is now a homicide investigation. police have yet to name a suspect. >>> no more nudity in san francisco. city officials will vote later today on an ordinance that could permanently ban public nudity but there would be certain exemptions. apparently chimps and orangutans can...
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seriously, al qaeda. they're like, oh, we couldn't say it was al qaeda because that might expose some of our assets on the ground. andrea mitchell, the term al qaeda if there's a terror attack and you say al qaeda, that's going to he can pose our assets on the ground? as my professor said, that does not pass the straight face test. >> reporter: or the smell test. i think the problem here is what this has exposed is the bureaucracy of the intelligence community. the fact that the intelligence community waters down what can be said in a declassified setting and that susan rice, the criticism is that she took what they handed her and didn't challenge it. which they say is really unfair. she says it's character assassination to suggest that she would read anything other than the unclassified version of this. a lot of people are asking, where was hillary clinton that weekend? she knew better than to go out into the middle of this. she doesn't do the sunday talk shows. so they gave susan rice the assignment. sh
seriously, al qaeda. they're like, oh, we couldn't say it was al qaeda because that might expose some of our assets on the ground. andrea mitchell, the term al qaeda if there's a terror attack and you say al qaeda, that's going to he can pose our assets on the ground? as my professor said, that does not pass the straight face test. >> reporter: or the smell test. i think the problem here is what this has exposed is the bureaucracy of the intelligence community. the fact that the...
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of course al qaeda still exists. one thing i'm concerned about still is although we're more secure we condition let our guard down. an area we're not seeing enough focus and attention on, most national security experts and leaders including secretary of defense panetta and the director of fbi talking about the threat of cybersecurity, something i've spent a lot of time on. what clearly could have been done, attacks through the use of kinetic weapons could now be carried out using a few strokes on a keyboard with someone with the right skill set. that's something we have to pay more attention to and i'm concerned about. >> congressman james langevin, thank you so much. let me bring michael and ann both in. i think what he says is something that, you know, we've heard from everybody. there's no doubt from pretty much every analyst that i've interviewed that we're safer than we were, certainly getting rid of osama bin laden was an important move not just obviously from a pr, political standpoint, but we're now seeing in
of course al qaeda still exists. one thing i'm concerned about still is although we're more secure we condition let our guard down. an area we're not seeing enough focus and attention on, most national security experts and leaders including secretary of defense panetta and the director of fbi talking about the threat of cybersecurity, something i've spent a lot of time on. what clearly could have been done, attacks through the use of kinetic weapons could now be carried out using a few strokes...
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element of al qaeda these days. it has tried in the past to carry out attacks, times against aircraft. carried out assassination attacks in the arabian peninsula. a lethal operation a dangerous one. why we have to continue to work closely with our yemeni partners so we're able to stop the attacks before they get under way. >> roger cressey a former white house official and nbc news terrorism analyst. all right. here's what i think we've learned from this plot. that our intelligence apparently infiltrated al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. that to me seems to be the biggest news. is that fair to say? >> it's fair to say we're working really well with the yemenese and saudis. if you go back to 2010, that cargo plane plot, the saws saudis gave us a tip-off. they're doing a good job infiltrating. >> a source when we learned of his ied we started tracking it before we grabbed it, and more importantly it's my understanding that the tracking of this ied gave us the intelligence necessary for the drone attack that killed th
element of al qaeda these days. it has tried in the past to carry out attacks, times against aircraft. carried out assassination attacks in the arabian peninsula. a lethal operation a dangerous one. why we have to continue to work closely with our yemeni partners so we're able to stop the attacks before they get under way. >> roger cressey a former white house official and nbc news terrorism analyst. all right. here's what i think we've learned from this plot. that our intelligence...
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the talking points originally linked the attack to al qaeda. when the document was sent to the rest of the intelligence community for review, a decision was made to change al qaeda to extremists for intelligence and for legal reasons. you say you want an answer. that one has been answered in public. everybody knows. also, more questions. >> why were references to al qaeda left out? >> sir, we've known the answer to this one for nearly two whole weeks now. quote, a reason the references to al qaeda were deleted was that the information came from classified sources and the links were ten uous. john mccain going on national television as the point man for this supposed mass cover-up. he does not seem to be familiar with the basic details of the story that have been made public. the basic details of the story he is alleging was covered up. senator mccain outdid even himself when he offered this as his latest piece of smoking gun evidence that something is definitely rotten here. >> we knew within hours all the details when we got bin laden in the r
the talking points originally linked the attack to al qaeda. when the document was sent to the rest of the intelligence community for review, a decision was made to change al qaeda to extremists for intelligence and for legal reasons. you say you want an answer. that one has been answered in public. everybody knows. also, more questions. >> why were references to al qaeda left out? >> sir, we've known the answer to this one for nearly two whole weeks now. quote, a reason the...
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. >> the white house line is you heard the president say, osama bin laden is dead, al qaeda is done, everything is fine in the middle east. this, obviously, contradicts -- ther series of events contradicts that campaign slogan. so, the fact is, that this was clearly an act of terror committed by people who were pretty well trained jihadists. >> more carnage in afghanistan. the taliban take responsibility for a suicide attack that killed 14 today including three americans. we are deployed in the hot spots today with lester holt live in afghanistan and ann curry on the syrian border. >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell live in washington, days away from thes first presidential debate in denver where mitt romney and barack obama will be trying to reach a shrinking pool of undecided voters. joining me for our daily fix, chris cizilla. the challenges for both. everyone trying to lower expectations but the fact is, that both of these -- both of these debaters are experienced, they both had primary debates but there is a challenge first for mitt romney, he's never gone head-to-head against ba
. >> the white house line is you heard the president say, osama bin laden is dead, al qaeda is done, everything is fine in the middle east. this, obviously, contradicts -- ther series of events contradicts that campaign slogan. so, the fact is, that this was clearly an act of terror committed by people who were pretty well trained jihadists. >> more carnage in afghanistan. the taliban take responsibility for a suicide attack that killed 14 today including three americans. we are...
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if you look at yemen, for instance, al qaeda is on the rise in yemen. al qaeda is on the advance. it is taking ground. at the same time, if you look at it, the last major terrorist plot they were engaged in was the attempt to send bombs through fed-ex and ups planes and that didn't work and that was two years ago. look, they have achieved some level of progress in places like afghanistan, pakistan and yemen. but at the united states, their real goal, the thing that we're really worried about, they seem to be striking out so far. >> we were looking at the video nearly a year ago. the president walked out and told the world that osama bin laden in fact had been killed in that compound where he had been hiding. when you look back at this year, we'll talk more about it next week. when you look back at this year, many people wondered what impact the death of this man most wanted terrorist in the world would have and we see it now in our foreign policy conversation with joe biden and mitt romney today. >> yeah, look. there's good and bad. the good news is that al qaeda has suffered a bl
if you look at yemen, for instance, al qaeda is on the rise in yemen. al qaeda is on the advance. it is taking ground. at the same time, if you look at it, the last major terrorist plot they were engaged in was the attempt to send bombs through fed-ex and ups planes and that didn't work and that was two years ago. look, they have achieved some level of progress in places like afghanistan, pakistan and yemen. but at the united states, their real goal, the thing that we're really worried about,...
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she gets asked specifically if al qaeda might have been involved. she said need further information. we don't know. so a lot of the attacks specifically on her for what she said irng are totally baseless. the other piece of this is the implication is there's some sort of cover-up. that, you know, the president and the administration wanted to hide that this was really a terrorist attack. that just doesn't make sense to me. i don't know why you would want it to be a terrorist attack or a protest and not one or the other. if it was the cover-up, it was the worst cover-up in history since the president called it an act of terror shortly thereafter. >> the right has come way thesis. this is a skablgdz of epic proportions. what's your evidence? we have lots of questions. questions are not evidence. the questions seem to become evidence, and there's innuendo because this is a cia operation interrupted by terrorism. the cia is never going to tell you everything, so there's lots of room for innuendo and never answers to all the questions. there's still no e
she gets asked specifically if al qaeda might have been involved. she said need further information. we don't know. so a lot of the attacks specifically on her for what she said irng are totally baseless. the other piece of this is the implication is there's some sort of cover-up. that, you know, the president and the administration wanted to hide that this was really a terrorist attack. that just doesn't make sense to me. i don't know why you would want it to be a terrorist attack or a protest...
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is what we know now, and the change in the talking point seems to have been from a direct l link to al qaeda and terrorism to extremists, and we have learned in the course of this investigation, that there was a covert cia operation operating on those grounds, and perhaps part of the reason they pulled back some of the information was to protect that operation or trying to protect certain assets that may have still been on the ground or to protect the names of libyans working with us which were subsequently released under the ignorance of jason chaffetz and congressman issa. and the real question is security, as susan said, but do we have the adequate assets in libya. we have not been in libya for a long time and why didn't we know more about the fact that this kind of thing was coming and is it because we have not been there and we need more intelligence assets? >> certainly more questions than answers we have so more. and hogan, while all of this is stirring on the hill, we have the fiscal cliff talks going on or supposed to be going on as we enter into the holiday week. congresswoma
is what we know now, and the change in the talking point seems to have been from a direct l link to al qaeda and terrorism to extremists, and we have learned in the course of this investigation, that there was a covert cia operation operating on those grounds, and perhaps part of the reason they pulled back some of the information was to protect that operation or trying to protect certain assets that may have still been on the ground or to protect the names of libyans working with us which were...